is science a gift from god to help man understand and function easier in the universe, if so why does religion think there is conflict with science ,is it more godly to study his creation through science rather than from ancient books
2006-11-04 02:00:51 · 16 answers · asked by gasp 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Excellent question. It is my belief from the teachings I've received and have pondered growing up, that all knowledge or truth comes from God. In that sense, science is an offshoot of God's knowledge that He has imparted to man. Unfortunately, man does not have a perfect understanding of what God has revealed. Therefore, we create the discrepancies between what He has revealed to us and what we make of that knowledge. We should be able to learn about God and nature by studying both what God has revealed as well as what man has learned. I believe that much of modern medicine has come from inspired doctors receiving knowledge as they have sought it and needed it. When we return to His presence, we will see that it all fits together.
2006-11-04 02:29:40 · answer #1 · answered by rac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Christian God is the same God as in the other religions. There's only one God, and God is just a word for the whatever that supernatural entity that created everything is. It's not so much that because the universe had a beginning and I guess an origin that there must be a God, it's how could and why would mindless and purposeless matter evolve into living forms of individual “beings” with self-centered egos with survival drives and the need to procreate? There is no cause for matter to do that, not unless there is a designer and a purpose for it. Life forms that evolved into humans, couldn't have happened by random chance, even over an infinite amount of time,
2016-05-21 22:58:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion (more specifically Christianity) doesn't think there is a conflict with science. Science thinks there's a conflict with religion. Religion has a conflict with BAD science.
There is nothing wrong with studying science, but it's important to question EVERYTHING. Don't make up assumptions and then make up answers to those assumptions and if the answers are true then the assumption is correct.
If I have a theory that "all males have brown eyes." Then I go to Africa and count the population, my findings will back up the theory. But did I count all men? The experiment has to be done correctly. A lot of science is based on bad experiments.
2006-11-04 02:32:00 · answer #3 · answered by SmartAlex 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Science is ordained by God. He commanded us to "subdue the earth." This implies a study of it and its processes. However, ppl have tried to interpret the evidence we find using nonbiblical axioms. Ppl have tried to exclude God from science. Our axioms are the foundation of our logic. If you assume that God doesn't exist and the Bible is wrong, then you'll come to conclusions that reject Him, although they won't be as satisfactory. If, however, you believe in God and that He created the world and all in it, then your conclusions will be different and you'll have a much better chance of finding the truth since you're starting out with the right axioms.
The Bible is God's Word, and so is timeless. It's true no matter what year it is.
2006-11-04 02:13:11 · answer #4 · answered by STEPHEN J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whoa Gasp, what a great question, you know there was a time when man was humble enough to see the fingerprint of God in all created things, but that was before the so-called enlightenment when suddenly some people moved the goalposts and decided that man is God.
having said this there are many scientists who still credit creation to God, you just seldom hear of them due to a secular press.
2006-11-04 02:07:29 · answer #5 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God gave us a brain to use and the curiosity to want to learn. Science has helped us enormously - we can create fire anytime we want without waiting for lightning - we can used medicines to help people get well, alleviate distress, etc. However, science, in and of itself, is not necessarily all true or all good (atomic bombs, for example). So, yes, nice to study God's creation through science, but not at the exclusion of God's Word. Science is fallible, God is not.
2006-11-04 02:10:43 · answer #6 · answered by padwinlearner 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Science is merely the study of the way God put the universe together.
2006-11-04 02:34:18 · answer #7 · answered by fishman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Based on the God Creator theory... EVERYTHING is from God
- The Heavens and The Hells
- The Angels and The Demons
- Faith and Sin also
- The Serpent and The Devil too
- Science and Magic as well
If God had created sin and sinners, I just find it weird that he is condemning his own creation to eternal damnation
2006-11-04 02:06:04 · answer #8 · answered by Tiara 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No conflict there only man has misunderstood religion and uses it and changes it as per his/her requirement from time to time. Yes Mind of man has its origin in God. That is why miracles do happen u c
2006-11-04 02:05:11 · answer #9 · answered by SIMRAN 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bible says there is nothing now that has not been before. So if you stop and think about it how do we know we are the only humans in this vast universe? We know the universe exists far beyond our reach. Could there possible be another place just like us out there somwhere?
2006-11-04 02:05:34 · answer #10 · answered by rose v 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋